IF there is one word to describe Padmashri Dr Kamal Haasan, it’s “virtuous”. The South Indian film industry may have labelled him Oscar Nayagan (Oscar king), but with more than 50 years of acting and directing experience behind him, Kamal feels no urgency to be awarded an Oscar as a mark of success.
He began his career as a child actor in Kalathur Kannamma when he was barely 4 years old. Directed by A. Bhimsingh, he won the President’s Gold Medal for his role.
From then on, Kamal has never failed to get the attention of both critics and fans. He may have won numerous awards and accolades but he said in a recent interview that “it is never about the award (at international award events). I make Indian films, so my standard is to conform to the Indian film industry — that is the benchmark for me”.
He was here for the Kuala Lumpur International Indian Music Festival (KLIMF) 2012 as guest of honour.
“I look for fame among my people, my peers,” he added.
To produce a good Indian film, Kamal said he tries to translate the ideas of his idol, Mahatma Gandhi, into his works. It is a task which, he said, goes with the current age.
“I am a Gandhi admirer and his ideas are simply perfect, as you can see in my movie Hey Ram,” said Kamal, adding that he believes in doing things his way rather than adhering to convention.
He is also averse to the idea of “Western acceptance”. “Gandhi denied Western acceptance and fought for independence his way. Similarly, the question of Vishwaroopam (Kamal’s latest film) appealing to Western or Hollywood tastes does not arise,” he said.
The movie is “a spy-cum-political thriller” where Kamal plays a kathak dancer with a secret past (scheduled for release in cinemas nationwide on Jan 11).
“The Indian cinema industry need not seek Western acceptance, but rather the audience’s. We can compete and take criticisms but not look for approval. In essence, Tamil cinemas, by being more ethnic, will automatically become more international. A country must be proud of its culture — be it story, art and cinema,” said Kamal, adding that in Vishwaroopam, the elements are international.
Kamal said the idea of him being just a director is remote as he had always wanted to act, even from young. “The cinema was one good way to get away from school,” he quipped.
For Kamal, it is also important to think out of the box. “It is a need. I am a very uncomfortable monkey in a box... I want to make changes to fit the different needs of my audience. You can’t eat the same food every day, can you? So, change is crucial,” he said.
Despite his “conservative” background, Kamal refused to conform to social expectations and eventually made box-office hits with films such as Hey Ram, Anbe Sivam Unnai Pol Oruvan, Virumandi and Thevar Magan.
He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in Aboorva Sagotharargal, 16 Vayathinile and Avvai Shanmugi.
Kamal also spoke up against the glamourising of alcohol and unnecessary cabaret-like song sequences in Indian films. “I am not keen on songs as a narrative tool — at least not all the time. Music is a part of life but you won’t be able to fully understand music if you do not first understand silence,” he said.
“I have always been a critic of meaningless singing and dancing and I try to impart this in my movies. Unnai Pol Oruvan is a fine example.”
Unnai Pol Oruvan, a story about a common citizen who embarks on a journey to eliminate terrorists in India, is devoid of singing and dancing.
On his role as father to daughters Shruti and Akshara (Shruti is a musician and actress while Akshara is undergoing training to become a professional ballroom dancer), Kamal said that he trusts them with their career choices and the way they plan their lives. “It has changed now that they are grown women... I have to be their friend and cannot really take my old position as a father seriously, or I will be the one who looks like a child,” he said.
Rising south Indian music director Yuvan Shankar Raja also gave a debut performance at KLIMF 2012, alongside a host of Kollywood stars. Yuvan’s father, music maestro Ilayaraja, was also present.

Good! Keep it thatway forever! For hereafter he won't go for a dummy director like you, that too a director who learnt almost nothing useful from him, even after associating for 4 blockbusters and 1 decent hit film!

dell_gt

11th March 2013, 02:02 PM

Kamal comes second in CNN-IBN greatest Indian actor of all time, but first in the present living actors

Late Telugu actor and former Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
(NTR) has been named the greatest Indian actor of all time, while
Sridevi was voted the best actress, in a CNN-IBN Poll survey conducted
in celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema. NTR garnered 53 percent of
total votes, while actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan amassed 44 percent of
rest of the votes. Southern actors like Mohanlal shared one percent
votes each, and the rest of the actors got less than a percent of votes.

I was recently watching a video in dailymotion.com on "Aalvandhan" premiere in Mumbai. WOW I can't believe already 11 years have gone....I remember watching AALVANDHAN posters in AP while traveling from Chennai to Mumbai in DADAR express....

We at cinemalead have already informed you that AR Murugadoss and Vijay will be coming together for an exciting project in 2014 for Ayngaran. Now there is a buzz that Kamal is planning to rope in AR Murugadoss in place of KS Ravikumar for the much awaited Aascar Ravichandran project.
It is to be remembered that in a recent interview KS Ravikumar has said that he is not in regular touch with KamalHassan after Manmadhan Ambu debacle.

But what our sources say that is AR Murugadoss has already committed with Vijay's project and he might join Kamal only after the completion of Vijay's project. Currently AR Murugadoss is busy with the hindi remake of Thuppaki.
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radiochandra

15th March 2013, 01:17 AM

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Extremely rare pic from the unreleased Blachandra Menon movie "Kanden seethayae", which was shelved after near completion post Indian release time

Extremely rare pic from the unreleased Blachandra Menon movie "Kanden seethayae", which was shelved after near completion post Indian release time never ever heard of it .. what happened ?? why did they stop this .. ?? what kind of subject?

pushpak

16th March 2013, 04:34 PM

never ever heard of it .. what happened ?? why did they stop this .. ?? what kind of subject?

- Plot : 3 bachelors stay together. One boy comes there as a servant. Actually it is a girl. One of them realizes it and also falls in love.
More than the plot the screenplay/execution is the highlight.
- Remake of Malayalam super hit "Ammayane Satyam" (translation - tai mel aanai)
- Director Balachandra Menon
- Heroine oriented subject
- Initially Kamal asked Menon to keep the same screen play
- Nadigar Tilakam was supposed to do a main role (in Malayalm done by the director himself)
- Immediately after it got shelved, Kamal started Avvai Shanmukhi
- Irony is that in 'Kanden Seetaye" heroine is disguised as a man/boy whereas in AS it is the hero !!
The above are facts

Now the rumors : (according to Malayalam industry version)
- After sometime Kamal wanted change in script and more screentime for him
- Menon did not agree and it got shelved
(similar rumors for Guna, Anpe Sivam where the first choices were Malayalam directors)

Anban

16th March 2013, 04:52 PM

nasser getup kooda paa.shaaa maathiri thaan irukku

pushpak

16th March 2013, 04:56 PM

nasser getup kooda paa.shaaa maathiri thaan irukku
I felt the same.. Though I had seen some stills in Malayalam movie magazines, I do not remember this one...
I heard only 10-15 days of shoots were over. (For Menon's speed that should have covered 50%)

radiochandra1977

16th March 2013, 09:11 PM

I felt the same.. Though I had seen some stills in Malayalam movie magazines, I do not remember this one...
I heard only 10-15 days of shoots were over. (For Menon's speed that should have covered 50%)

More info,
Kamal started shooting for Ammayane Sathyam when rumours about Kamal - Shankar rift came and Arjun was to take up lead role in Indian. So, i started hating this Balachandra Menon guy just for that.

Shooting resumed immediately after completion of Indian shooting and when it was shelved, Avvai Shanmukhi was announced and started off in rapid pace.

One can notice that Nagesh, who played main villian, SPB who played the police inspector instead of Sivaji, Ramesh Aravind and Nasser, the 2 friends ......... all have found some role or or the other in Avvai Shanmukhi ...... especially ramesh aravind and SPB were intentional insertions.

soon after singaravelan, gangai amaran was supposed to direct a movie with kamal. was that athiveera pandian ?

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

17th March 2013, 02:17 PM

Yes! His jodi was fixed as Aiswarya Lakshmi. Good that AVPandian stopped! That is also one of the reason why GA got far away with kamal. He even later once said that kamal stole his story and took Devar Magan! :lol:

When aalavandan was about to be released, there was some news about his next project being titled Naran with amitabh.This too got dropped.

pushpak

17th March 2013, 03:20 PM

When aalavandan was about to be released, there was some news about his next project being titled Naran with amitabh.This too got dropped.

After the Naran news, Tenali came. Even there AMitabh's name was there for Jayaram's role.

There are many where the names were announced but nothing happened.
A few I can recollect fast :
- KrishnaLeela
- Superman
- Tippu
(these arae part from rumors of movies with Vasu, Saran etc..)

pushpak

17th March 2013, 03:22 PM

Yes! His jodi was fixed as Aiswarya Lakshmi. Good that AVPandian stopped! That is also one of the reason why GA got far away with kamal. He even later once said that kamal stole his story and took Devar Magan! :lol:

We even distributed notice of Adiveera Pandian as "coming soon" during Guna or SingaraVelan.
The movie was supposed to be based on Jallikkattu with lots of actions. So at that time as fans, many of us were disappointed.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

17th March 2013, 03:38 PM

Naran was about a story of a monkey and it was rumoured that kamal plays that money and amitab as scientist! :lol: Good that those comedies didn't happen. It was during that time a movie with kamal as aids patient was also discussed. Then KSR told this tenali plot which he actually planned for Rajni, and then kamal took it and made his own!

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

17th March 2013, 03:38 PM

We even distributed notice of Adiveera Pandian as "coming soon" during Guna or SingaraVelan.
The movie was supposed to be based on Jallikkattu with lots of actions. So at that time as fans, many of us were disappointed.

Tell me about it :lol: I have a feeling that both KP and Mahanadhi reviews were written by Madhan :think:

tamizharasan

26th March 2013, 08:57 PM

Sakala
Good to see those reviews. I remember reading both of them. Is there anyway you can post the review for Hey Ram as I have never read that and very much interested in reading that.

venkkiram

26th March 2013, 09:07 PM

What a guppy vimarsanam by AV about KP. Well said. This is what I exactly felt when I read it during those days. Completely annoyed with the marks AV gave. I remember they gave 48 marks for a movie of Satyaraj named "Airport". Their neutral stand are always laugh worthy.

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Hi tweeple I'm not a part of bitter chocolate with my father I'm both sad and happy to say i have no dates at the moment:) next time :)
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Which means, is such a project, on?! Is this the Moo or some new film?! Or DNA playing April Fool?!? Lets wait for official news

yaarukku theriyum?!? He says he composed some Global Fusion music for hey raam! We know what impact Raja's music did for Hey Raam. And i doubt his popularity(?) is still there in Europe etc..

I posted this in twitter becos some ppl are blaming Kamal for his 1st choice and not going to Raja. This interview clearly answers that kamal went to him only for his popularity in european markets and not his talent

Cinemarasigan

2nd April 2013, 05:04 PM

yaarukku theriyum?!? He says he composed some Global Fusion music for hey raam! We know what impact Raja's music did for Hey Raam. And i doubt his popularity(?) is still there in Europe etc..

I posted this in twitter becos some ppl are blaming Kamal for his 1st choice and not going to Raja. This interview clearly answers that kamal went to him only for his popularity in european markets and not his talent

Sakala, do you have the interviews given by Kamal during Hey Ram time? If we can get them it will be nice..

venkkiram

2nd April 2013, 05:33 PM

yaarukku theriyum?!? He says he composed some Global Fusion music for hey raam! We know what impact Raja's music did for Hey Raam. And i doubt his popularity(?) is still there in Europe etc..

I posted this in twitter becos some ppl are blaming Kamal for his 1st choice and not going to Raja. This interview clearly answers that kamal went to him only for his popularity in european markets and not his talent எப்படி உங்களால் இப்படி decode செய்து அலச முடிகிறது? The popularity in european markets came from his talent only.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

2nd April 2013, 05:35 PM

CR, eppdi correctaa kekkureenga?!? I have some 10+ Interview (paper cuttings) he gave during Hey Raam! Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, even one Magazine called விண் நாயகன்.!

But i need some time to scan(take photo in mobile) and upload. Will do soon!

Also the sad thing is, i have lost some important ones too :( for ex, Hey Raam Vikatan interview

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

2nd April 2013, 05:38 PM

எப்படி உங்களால் இப்படி decode செய்து அலச முடிகிறது? The popularity in european markets came from his talent only.

Venki, may be. But is his music popular in india. I mean, i am guessing that he is popular as an Carnatic Musician but not as a composer, here! that apart, i am interested to know about his music and popularity, then and now! But in that interview, LS himself had said in his own words why kamal came to him

Cinemarasigan

2nd April 2013, 05:53 PM

CR, eppdi correctaa kekkureenga?!? I have some 10+ Interview (paper cuttings) he gave during Hey Raam! Vikatan, Kumudam, Kungumam, even one Magazine called விண் நாயகன்.!

But i need some time to scan(take photo in mobile) and upload. Will do soon!

Also the sad thing is, i have lost some important ones too :( for ex, Hey Raam Vikatan interview

no issues, pls put them whenever possible, it will be nice if we have "one" which can clarify Kamal's stand on why he decided to discontinue with Suppu.. I vaguely remember that LS was delaying too much and the his demands were also too high..

Cinemarasigan

2nd April 2013, 05:57 PM

Kamal finally arrives at the venue of Hungerstrike... very late indeed. Looks like he came for closing formalities...

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

2nd April 2013, 06:01 PM

no issues, pls put them whenever possible, it will be nice if we have "one" which can clarify Kamal's stand on why he decided to discontinue with Suppu.. I vaguely remember that LS was delaying too much and the his demands were also too high..

CR, the interview of him, clearly says that

1. Kamal came to him citing his popularity in Europe France etc
2. He was offered 10 lacs and he disagreed for that citing it was less for him, also for a tri lingual movie
3. He finished songs and started to some foreign country without doing BGM and kamal got irked with that

Karnataka Welfare head Velu is an Important fan! he Rocks in welfare and same time, கொண்டாட்டத்தில் எந்த குறையும் வைக்காதவர்!
He is the one who made that mega decoration in Bangalore Urvashi Theater! (Temple line entrance, Huuuuge banners filled with all the KH Films movie posters)

Then, he organised a blood donation camp 2 times, opposite Urvashi theater., one, to protest against Vishwa being stopped in Bangalore theaters, then one for 25th day.

Can easily find what song was replaced instead of this! Still this is a superb song!

It was released in the first version of the cassette.
Also one more song "aadipattam..." was there.
Lateser these two were replaced by "Kathakelu.." and "sivarathiri"

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

4th April 2013, 08:56 PM

This song even situation/lyrics match to Sivaraarthi, How will Aadippattam match to KathakeLu?!? I guess they recorded that song when one of the role was different. may be one out of Kameshwaran or Raju were assumed to be villagers..

tamizharasan

4th April 2013, 10:59 PM

Here is the song in youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwf6XbIMwI
yes the song was eventually replaced by Sivarathri.

pushpak

4th April 2013, 11:22 PM

This song even situation/lyrics match to Sivaraarthi, How will Aadippattam match to KathakeLu?!? I guess they recorded that song when one of the role was different. may be one out of Kameshwaran or Raju were assumed to be villagers..

Yes.. I did not mean the song situations. I meant there were two songs which got removed later.
Anyway I did not like that song and I was happy for its removal :)

This song even situation/lyrics match to Sivaraarthi, How will Aadippattam match to KathakeLu?!? I guess they recorded that song when one of the role was different. may be one out of Kameshwaran or Raju were assumed to be villagers..

Yeah, I remember loudspeakers in Madurai playing ''aadipattam'' and ''Maththappoovu'' day in and day out during MMKR release time. IMO, "aadippattam" was replaced by "Vechchaalum vekkama ponaalum" song and "mathaappoovu" by "sivarathiri"...

kalyan

5th April 2013, 09:35 AM

Yes.. I did not mean the song situations. I meant there were two songs which got removed later.
Anyway I did not like that song and I was happy for its removal :)

same here :-)

pushpak

5th April 2013, 10:51 AM

Yeah, I remember loudspeakers in Madurai playing ''aadipattam'' and ''Maththappoovu'' day in and day out during MMKR release time. IMO, "aadippattam" was replaced by "Vechchaalum vekkama ponaalum" song and "mathaappoovu" by "sivarathiri"...

Situations wise may be. But the 1st version of cassette had "per vechalum vekkama..."

That and all i don't know kalyan ji! but Puthiya Thalaimurai as a channel is really getting popular. An award from it is some what worthy. Of course nothing bigger than thalaiver!

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

6th April 2013, 01:19 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7FluGbYZFc

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

7th April 2013, 05:20 AM

Writer Sujatha Article about HeyRaam Movie! 1.12.99 Will post the other interviews about Hey Raam, one by one!

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venkkiram

7th April 2013, 08:52 AM

Sakala.. Hey Ram review by writer Malan also was good. I think it came in Kungumam.

kalyan

7th April 2013, 12:14 PM

Sakala.. Hey Ram review by writer Malan also was good. I think it came in Kungumam.

Yeah.... In fact, Malan was a Master in that area (Gandhi assassination plot) when KH was still a student. Malan's "Jana Gana Mana" was out at least 7-8 years before the release of Hey Ram and it dealt extensively abt the lives of Nathuram Godse, Narayan Apte and briefly abt other three (Gopal Godse, Vishnu Karkare and Madanlal Pahwa) and the circumstances that led them into assassinating Gandhi. I am sure Kamal would have definitely read Malan's work while writing the screenplay for Hey Ram (as there was practically nothing else available in Tamil back then, based on Gandhi's assasination). I am sure Malan would have translated it from some Hindi/English source, but his work was simple, engaging and informative...

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

7th April 2013, 12:30 PM

Kalyan, i have an interview of Gopal Godse too! in Junior vikatan where he watches Hey Raam hindi version and talks about his views! Will post that too, soon!

Venki, unfortunately i don't have any reviews of HeyRaam except Nakkeeran's one. But i have a 3 week long interview of kamal about hey raam which came in kumgumam, apart from his intervews during hey raam, from Vikatan, Kumudam, Kalki, and one more magazine called ViN Naayagan.

Actually i vaguely remember i have them but i lost part of my interview collections when changing homes :( What is left is the ones i am posting recently

kalyan

7th April 2013, 12:43 PM

Dig//

I had a lingering doubt all these years.... One of my juniors during my Postgrad days was from Delhi and his name was D.H. Pahwa. One day I casually asked him if he knew somebody called Madanlal Pahwa, and he told "Yeah, It is my grandfather's name"......surprised, I asked him whether it was the same Madanlal Pahwa who was involved in Gandhi assasination, but he had no idea that such a person ever existed (like everybody else)....Somehow I had a faint doubt that his grandfather and the family, had carefully hidden it from the younger generation their involvement in the Gandhi assassination, till I read this article today :-)
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?204997
Sorry dude, sorry for mistaking you :-)

//End dig

kalyan

7th April 2013, 12:48 PM

Kalyan, i have an interview of Gopal Godse too! in Junior vikatan where he watches Hey Raam hindi version and talks about his views! Will post that too, soon!

Venki, unfortunately i don't have any reviews of HeyRaam except Nakkeeran's one. But i have a 3 week long interview of kamal about hey raam which came in kumgumam, apart from his intervews during hey raam, from Vikatan, Kumudam, Kalki, and one more magazine called ViN Naayagan.

Actually i vaguely remember i have them but i lost part of my interview collections when changing homes :( What is left is the ones i am posting recently

Sakala,

It si a fantastic job you are doing. I have read almost every review/interview you have mentioned abt Hey RAm, but retaining the paper cuttings for more than 13 yrs.....:notworthy: :clap:

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

7th April 2013, 07:38 PM

Kalyan, specially 4 u! :)

ஹேராம் படமும் நிஜத்தில் நடந்ததும்! - கோபால் கோட்சே 8.3.2000 ஜூ.வி

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sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

7th April 2013, 08:04 PM

Nemba nallavan maathiri solraane?!?

As SS Music earlier reported , Official sources revealed 'Vishwaroopam 2' might not be the next release of Kamal Haasan he instead would focus on another Aascar Ravi Chandran Production and then release Vishwaroopam 2 , Now the latest buzz is that. for this movie Kamal Haasan has roped in a galaxy of stars ranging from Mohan lal , Ravi Teja , Rishi Kapoor and Trisha. This movie is set to be released in Tamil , Telugu and Hindi ,the story of movie is reported to be based on the acts of corruption in our country.

Legendary Indian Film Actor Dr. Kamal Haasan Joins 2013 NAB Show for "Bollywood Without Borders"

Las Vegas, NV -- India’s legendary film actor, screenwriter, producer and director Dr. Kamal Haasan will appear at 2013 NAB Show on Tuesday, April 9, as part of a panel exploring the topic of the international appeal of Bollywood cinema.

“Bollywood Beyond Borders” will take place on April 9, from 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm. This landmark session will commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema, and will offer a look behind the scenes of "Vishwaroopam," a Tamil spy thriller written, directed, starring and co-produced by Dr. Haasan. "Vishwaroopam" is the first Indian film to utilize the new Auro 3D sound technology. It won the National Film Award for Best Art Direction and Best Choreography in the 2012 National Film Awards.

Joining Dr. Haasan in the session will be Jeff Kleiser, Board Director of the Visual Effects Society, the actress Pooja Kumar, Visual Effects Supervisor Tim McGovern, Visual Effects Supervisor Madhu Sudhanan N., and Ravi Velhal Global Content Policy Strategist from Intel Corporation. This session is part of the partnership between the 2013 NAB Show and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry to organize events honoring the100 year anniversary of Indian cinema.

Dr. Haasan has received wide acclaim for his versatility as an actor and has won several Indian Film awards, including four National film awards and nineteen Filmfare awards. He is known for having starred in the largest number of films submitted by India in consideration for the Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards.

Also on April 9, Dr. Haasan will receive an award on behalf of the Indian cinema presented by Chris Brown, Executive Vice President, Conventions & Business Operations for the National Association of Broadcasters. The ceremony is part of the New York Festivals International Film & TV awards.

http://www.nab.org/documents/newsroom/pressRelease.asp?id=2932

kalyan

9th April 2013, 12:07 PM

Sakala,

Kalakkitteenga... thanks for posting these :notworthy:

+1 :-) :notworthy:

hamid

9th April 2013, 02:19 PM

Has the NVOK programme broadcasted? I saw partial episode in Youtube yesterday...
and his looks were stunning...

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

9th April 2013, 02:53 PM

Hamid, it will be telecasted coming 12, 13 & 14 april!

Cinemarasigan

9th April 2013, 04:55 PM

Hamid, it will be telecasted coming 12, 13 & 14 april!

3 episodes for Kamal ? Vijay TV TRP egiridum..

hamid

9th April 2013, 05:44 PM

Hamid, it will be telecasted coming 12, 13 & 14 april!

Oh..okay.. I thought it was aired already.. Check in youtube.. There is a proper 12 min broadcast level clip available.. Shows Kamal's entry, his talk about the Petraalthaan pillaya/ Cancare etc.. and first question of the NVOK... There are also many other videos, where Kamal takes questions from audience, getting the chequee for 50 lakhs etc are available..

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

9th April 2013, 06:21 PM

Oh..okay.. I thought it was aired already.. Check in youtube.. There is a proper 12 min broadcast level clip available.. Shows Kamal's entry, his talk about the Petraalthaan pillaya/ Cancare etc.. and first question of the NVOK... There are also many other videos, where Kamal takes questions from audience, getting the chequee for 50 lakhs etc are available..

In thanthi TV interview, Haasar hints to Vivek that he will be (may be) part of one of his upcoming projects, and also says there is another surprise for him, and also says that film's cast will surprise all!

hattori_hanzo

14th April 2013, 11:50 PM

In thanthi TV interview, Haasar hints to Vivek that he will be (may be) part of one of his upcoming projects, and also says there is another surprise for him, and also says that film's cast will surprise all!

Sakala, vera link irukka? this one takes us to the channel's live broadcast.
Actor Vivek interviewed Kamal in Thanthi TV?

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

15th April 2013, 12:54 AM

hh, i too saw in live telecast only. they will put utube link in 2 days. lets wait, no options!

When we talk about Abraham Lincoln, the following things automatically come to our mind: For the people, by the people, of the people. Like wise, when I hear the word Kamal Hassan, the following words strike me: For the cinema, by the cinema, of the cinema. He needs no introduction. He is one of the icons of Indian Cinema. He can speak English/Tamil on par with a veteran English/Tamil professor. He is a genius not only in cinema but as a person in real life. I am not exaggerating but just telling facts straight from my heart.

But, in spite of being such a genius person, Kamal Hassan has always been criticized by certain people. Also he has been treated as a second fiddle in Tamil cinema by the media, by rating Rajnikanth over Kamal Hassan. Well, I am not in for a Kamal Hassan verses Rajnikanth debate. Both are legends in there own ways.

Now, coming back to criticism on Kamal, it’s always okay if it is a constructive one. But in the name of criticism, I feel that there are lots of MYTHS about Kamal Hassan and I would like to quote some of the myths and disprove them here.

Kamal Hassan is a good film maker, but he doesn’t understand the pulse of audience and his movies aren’t common man’s cup of tea.

This is what a certain section of people say about Kamal. Well, if Kamal Hassan doesn’t understand the pulse of our audience, then he would not have been in cinema industry now. He exactly knows how to make a film that would work out in Tamil cinema. Some of his films like Guna, Anbe Sivam, Hey Ram, Kurudhi Punal, Alavandhan etc , which got good reviews from critics , didn’t work out at box office because Kamal Hassan not only tried to entertain the audience with a different script, but also tried to educate them with a different style of presentation. Some of his films like Nayagan were received by the audience during its release itself, where as a film like Anbe Sivam was received by the majority, some time later after the release. That is the only difference but at the end, all his great works are accepted by audience. To him, Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment, but also a medium that can educate the audience and make them think about the aspects covered in the film. After doing a film like Hey Ram, Kamal did a Tenali that was lapped up by everyone, which includes the common man as well. He has more than one million fans outside the internet world and his films do have all the typical First day First show celebrations during its release, just like how other Mass heroes like Rajni, Vijay and Ajith have. He is a great star in box office and because of his box office power; he is bold enough to make a movie like Vishwaroopam with a budget of more than 100 crores.

Some Kamal films are too complicated and cannot be understood by many

This is another general criticism on Kamal Hassan. I have received such remarks from people who claim that there all time favorite films are Inception, Memento etc. I really can’t understand how someone can understand a film like Inception very much, but not a movie like Alavandhan or Hey Ram. Is Hey Ram more complicated than Inception? Well, at least to me, it is not. This myth actually shows the hypocrisy of the people who say that Kamal films are so complicated. One need not necessarily understand all the small segments of a Kamal film, but can always understand the overall story/concept of the film and I feel that should be good enough for someone to say that they have understood the film.

Kamal films have sexual content and cannot be guaranteed as a family entertainer

Again, this is a very hypothetical MYTH about a Kamal film. Yes, some Kamal films had intimate scenes and lip to lip kisses. But such films have been certified by CBFC as A. So the certification clearly states that children below 18 are not allowed to watch such films in theater. But even after that if one complaint that Kamal films have intimate scenes, well, I don’t know what to say. Also, in Indian cinema, in the name of family entertainers/commercial cinema, we see many masala films with heroines exposing too much in songs. But such films will have a mother/sister sentiment and thus they are treated as family entertainers with U or U/A certificate. So is it okay if our 18 years below people see such songs in theaters with the lead lady exposing too much? In fact, some time a very glamorous song in U or U/A masala film/family entertainer gives more perverted thoughts to our teenage people than a bed room scene. Well, I agree, some Kamal films have intimate scenes, but they are certified accordingly by the censor board. I also find some people who like films like Dirty picture, Fashion etc stating that the lead lady in those films acted really well, but complaining that a Kamal film has sexual content. Again when it comes to Hollywood, the same group of people, who accuse Kamal for having intimate scene, appreciates a movie like Titanic. This is what I call it as Hypocrisy. Also all Kamal films don’t have intimate scenes. So generalizing Kamal films as films with sexual content is an absolute myth.

Kamal Hassan doesn’t have a great command at box office like Rajnikanth

This myth has been mainly created by some of the fans of Rajnikanth to just prove a point that Rajni is a Baasha @ box office in Tamil Cinema by a mile when compared to other heroes. As I said earlier, I really don’t want to go for a Rajni verses Kamal debate but I would just like to point out some of the facts about Kamal films @ box office. In 1980’s Kamal is the only actor to give 5 blockbusters in a year, out of which three where Tamil films (Vazhve Mayam, Moondram Pirai, Sagalakala Vallavan). Kamal also has a great screen presence just like his friend Rajnikanth. He has saved films like Sagalakala Vallavan just by his screen presence and made them blockbusters @ box office. Now if you think that these things happened some 20 years before but now he is not that great, you are wrong. During the release of Dasavatharam, there were many articles stating that the collections were on par with Rajni’s Sivaji. Some articles stated that the collections exceeded Sivaji. A film like Sivaji had a Superstar Rajnikanth, Isai puyal AR Rahman and a director like Shankar. But Dasavatharam had a normal commercial director like KS Ravikumar and a very ordinary music director like Himesh Reshmia/Devi Sri Prasad. But still Kamal Hassan was not only able to generate the box office collections on par with Sivaji but also succeeded in donning 10 getups and making a new story line working out wonders in Tamil Cinema. It also had concepts like Chaos theory which again means that he has also given some thing for the audience to educate, apart from the film being a roller coaster entertainer. Now with Vishwaroopam in Auro 3D technology, Kamal Hassan can make it on par with or even better than Enthiran, which would be really great for Tamil Cinema.

These are some of the general MYTHS prevailing about Kamal Hassan. As I have mentioned, these are just MYTHS and not real. Apart from these there are many Myths about Kamal’s personal and off the field career. But I feel that it’s not worth enough to talk about those things as they are created by people who are not able to digest the success and reach of Kamal and thus try to defame him in whatever way they want. Such myths are not given too much of importance even by the general public. But the myths mentioned above are commonly pointed out by many. So I thought I can enlighten those people and prove those myths wrong. Hope I have conveyed what I wanted to.

I WISH A VERY GOOD LUCK FOR VISHWAROOPAM. LET’S HOPE THE MOVIE ENTERTAINS AND EDUCATES US WITH NEW CONCEPTS LIKE OTHER KAMAL FILMS AND ALSO DOES WELL AT BOX OFFICE.

Whether Kamal has high regards for Gounder and Vivek or not, it is not going to change people's opinion about their liking to these artist. It just underlines Kamal's preference and nothing else. BTW first time I am hearing from Kamal about his high regards to Guru Dutt. Guru Dutt is a tremendous talent which was never utilized completely and in that regard Kamal is lucky because he has had a long stay in Cinema. I hope he utilizes his talent and goes back to his full caliber.

Completely satisfied watching series of episodes from Vijay and Thanthi TV. Especially Vijay TV and Prakashraj. Hats off! This is like watching an Ash series test match between Eng vs AUS. But from a single man batting, bowling and fielding all five days. We can easily conclude "thodarnthu varum nediya kalaik kaLanjiy varalaaRRu sangiliyin kadaisi mudichchi - kamal"

SoftSword

17th April 2013, 09:36 PM

exactly...

watching the NVOK was like hearing a library talk... not any overfeeding of info, or irrelevant or too technical, just the things that we enjoy hearing and the ones which we don get to hear from anywhere else...

i wish he starts writing books... or atleast starts writing answers to questions on a monthly basis like sujatha's 'yaen edharkku eppadi'...

u tap the relevant button and the information is pouring... sometimes prakashraj did not give him enuf time to elaborate or he was back to business due to time reasons...

worst part was the vijaytv stars nakkifying... and that DD(should be AA i guess) was unbearable...
and Sir's mimicry attempt was meh too... didn know what made him to even go for that...

venkkiram

17th April 2013, 10:14 PM

exactly...

watching the NVOK was like hearing a library talk... not any overfeeding of info, or irrelevant or too technical, just the things that we enjoy hearing and the ones which we don get to hear from anywhere else...

i wish he starts writing books... or atleast starts writing answers to questions on a monthly basis like sujatha's 'yaen edharkku eppadi'...

u tap the relevant button and the information is pouring... sometimes prakashraj did not give him enuf time to elaborate or he was back to business due to time reasons...

worst part was the vijaytv stars nakkifying... and that DD(should be AA i guess) was unbearable...
and Sir's mimicry attempt was meh too... didn know what made him to even go for that...

I liked it. It had come out as a parcel. Especially the emotional PadhmaPriya one. As Kamal said, business pundits will never go to understand that connectivity.

venkkiram

17th April 2013, 10:16 PM

exactly...

watching the NVOK was like hearing a library talk... not any overfeeding of info, or irrelevant or too technical, just the things that we enjoy hearing and the ones which we don get to hear from anywhere else...

i wish he starts writing books... or atleast starts writing answers to questions on a monthly basis like sujatha's 'yaen edharkku eppadi'...

u tap the relevant button and the information is pouring... sometimes prakashraj did not give him enuf time to elaborate or he was back to business due to time reasons...

worst part was the vijaytv stars nakkifying... and that DD(should be AA i guess) was unbearable...
and Sir's mimicry attempt was meh too... didn know what made him to even go for that...

Mimicry was throughout the episodes. Started with M.R.Radha...till the last episodes of HIV affected girls..and the final one with Poornam. Awesome.

SoftSword

17th April 2013, 11:00 PM

only his attempt at the some musical instrument is what i called meh.

SoftSword

17th April 2013, 11:02 PM

I liked it. It had come out as a parcel. Especially the emotional PadhmaPriya one. As Kamal said, business pundits will never go to understand that connectivity.

that priya episode was heights...

tifosi

18th April 2013, 10:05 AM

What have you guys got to say about this? I know he's a self proclaimed rabble rouser, but strangely all the people who have commented doesn't seem to have a strong counterpoint.

http://hawkeyeview.blogspot.in/2013/04/kamal-hasan-cho-etc.html

I am just a messenger, haven't watch nvok yet.

Arvind Srinivasan

18th April 2013, 10:30 AM

^ There will always be people like these. The guy lost my respect when he used expletives to drive home a point. But to be fair, a lot of the questions were right up in Kamal's alley and I am not complaining. I personally enjoyed the show a lot and it was great watching Kamal shed some of his inhibitions over there.

Cinemarasigan

18th April 2013, 11:51 AM

The MR Radha episode was the one I liked the most. excellent narration... all these 3 episodes are gems. Recorded in the Hard disk and having it in the pen drive which I carry along with the laptop every day....

joe

18th April 2013, 02:04 PM

What have you guys got to say about this? I know he's a self proclaimed rabble rouser, but strangely all the people who have commented doesn't seem to have a strong counterpoint.

Thank you very much Sakala!
Just watched Kamal's interview by Vivek. Very refreshing and neatly handled by Vivek. Got to appreciate him for the panivu and the respect he has for KH. He did try a lot to make Kamal talk at least few words about his(Vivek's) performances - as Balram Naidu, the role in Anniyan etc..but mmhm...nammaalu valaiya maattaare :rotfl2:

Though it looked like Vivek used this opportunity to kinda apologize to Kamal for imitating him in several of his movies, this one interview must have cleared the doubts many (like me) must have had about the relationship between the two stars.

Im still amazed to see KH express his GuruBhakthi :bow: Be it Sun TV, NDTV or Thanthi TV, he has never once failed to mention his mentors's name. None of his answers is complete without mentioning NT, MT, KB, Ananthu, Shanmugham Annaachi, Nagesh, VKR or Kalaivanar.

Thalaiva, when are you going to announce the "double surprise"? Cant wait!

Cinemarasigan

18th April 2013, 06:07 PM

I think KH should find some new artists & make many good small budget movies like his mentor KB did... That will be great give back to the industry.

Cinemarasigan

18th April 2013, 06:45 PM

Thank you very much Sakala!

Im still amazed to see KH express his GuruBhakthi :bow: Be it Sun TV, NDTV or Thanthi TV, he has never once failed to mention his mentors's name. None of his answers is complete without mentioning NT, MT, KB, Ananthu, Shanmugham Annaachi, Nagesh, VKR or Kalaivanar.

In the recent times i feel that he is praising a lot about his mentors, and lot more people started talking good about Kamal as well..
One of my neighbors did not have any interest in watching VR. After watching the Vijay TV 1st episode on 11th, he watched VR twice in Chennai 6 Degrees during his visit there the last weekend..

Wonderful. Such conversations on screen play always are new to our entertainment sector.

Cinemarasigan

22nd April 2013, 03:38 PM

KAMAL TO REPRISE AKSHAY KUMAR,LINGUSAMY TO PRODUCE?

The hot news is that Lingusamy's Thirupathi brothers has roped in Kamal Haasan for Special 26 Tamil remake and the actor will be reprising Akshay Kumar's role. According to sources Kamal will be doing this project after Vishwaroopam 2 and it will be a quickie. It is said that Zee network has already bought the satellite rights for a whooping 20+ crores. The official announcement on this project is expected to arrive by this week (say Thursday). Though the buzz is strong in this news ,Kamal is also having a script called Bitter Chocolate ,so it is unclear whether Kamal is opting for Bitter Chocolate or Special 26,let us wait for the official confirmation soon..

Nobody is interested in talking about Watson/Hussey's innings or even Dravid's tense moments. Deiva Kuzhandhaiyin magimai :bow: In fact the camera was focused on her for most of the time. A colleague from Kolkata pinged me asking whether she was the 12th man for CSK. :-)

Nobody is interested in talking about Watson/Hussey's innings or even Dravid's tense moments. Deiva Kuzhandhaiyin magimai :bow: In fact the camera was focused on her for most of the time. A colleague from Kolkata pinged me asking whether she was the 12th man for CSK. :-)

She is getting popular for all unwanted reasons it seems. And i am afraid if this becomes a trend for her and she become next Mandira Bedi. Wo Gaad! But ssee is kiyuut!

Not in comarison with Shruthi, but just to point out to you that Mandhira Bedi has a very high carrier graph in the tÚlÚvision world starting from 1994. Her TV "serial" Shanthi was a huge sucess and she secured her place there and then increasing her viewership thru many other television programmes, not to mention her colaboration with SRK. Her sucess is not a fluke, and i think you are keeping in mind her anchoring in the World Cup. That just happened, and maybe she got famous amoung men from then.

correct, Mandira ellaam nowhere near shruthi..

Its actually the reverse - Shruthi is yet to established herself. She has a long way to go - but thru these kind of events, twitter (+ her origin) the distance maybe less - to be seen. Just because Shruthi is Kamal's daughter, she does not merit such statements. Its too early.

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

23rd April 2013, 08:23 PM

Sari sari, surudhi paappaa phens sandaikku varaatheenga! lets divert!

re-edited aam!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-0lYYqI2t8

P_R

23rd April 2013, 08:28 PM

Oh excellent.
New footage. What grandness.
Meesic is from the soundtrack?

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

23rd April 2013, 08:40 PM

Don't know. It has maiyam logo but i checked maiyam youtube page and Sir's FB page, nothing there. who is this Review theater??

SoftSword

23rd April 2013, 08:57 PM

Not in comarison with Shruthi, but just to point out to you that Mandhira Bedi has a very high carrier graph in the tÚlÚvision world starting from 1994. Her TV "serial" Shanthi was a huge sucess and she secured her place there and then increasing her viewership thru many other television programmes, not to mention her colaboration with SRK. Her sucess is not a fluke, and i think you are keeping in mind her anchoring in the World Cup. That just happened, and maybe she got famous amoung men from then.

Its actually the reverse - Shruthi is yet to established herself. She has a long way to go - but thru these kind of events, twitter (+ her origin) the distance maybe less - to be seen. Just because Shruthi is Kamal's daughter, she does not merit such statements. Its too early.

i am talking only based on the highlighted point... skv brought mandira bedi in the context of cricket...
edhukku graph, geometry ellaam ilukkureenga...

madira bedi cricketla enna thiramai 'kaattinaanga' athula popular aaga?!? she was like a powerstar, self built fake high wrt cricket. But still why did i use her name and did an assumed projection that surudhi paappaa will be next mandira is becos, there is no girl in cricket, who was as famous as her. I was assuming, ppl will bring and have paappaa on dias, for every match and treat her presence like an lucky octopus...

mandira may have got fame thru hardwork in other areas, but cricket, what hard work did she do?! wrote coulumns?! gave suggestions?! played cricket?! commented and got name like krishnamachari srikanth?!?

madira bedi cricketla enna thiramai 'kaattinaanga' athula popular aaga?!? she was like a powerstar, self built fake high wrt cricket. But still why did i use her name and did an assumed projection that surudhi paappaa will be next mandira is becos, there is no girl in cricket, who was as famous as her. I was assuming, ppl will bring and have paappaa on dias, for every match and treat her presence like an lucky octopus...

mandira may have got fame thru hardwork in other areas, but cricket, what hard work did she do?! wrote coulumns?! gave suggestions?! played cricket?! commented and got name like krishnamachari srikanth?!?

And i am afraid if this becomes a trend for her and she become next Mandira Bedi.

ரெண்டுமே நீங்கதான் சொல்லியிருக்கிங்க.

hattori_hanzo

23rd April 2013, 11:58 PM

Arya and Tapsee were also there in Chepauk yesterday. They were shown just once or twice and went unnoticed. Aana onnu. thuli kooda make-up thevai illaadha natural beauty, Shruthi.

Superb... not sure whether this movie will ever be completed and released..

Cinemarasigan

24th April 2013, 12:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXGJ2EwEuZc

:ty: A2A... Good one.. i have not seen this earlie.. nowadays we are discovering lot of videos featuring Kamal...

mappi

24th April 2013, 04:49 PM

Meesic is from the soundtrack?

The music in the "re-edited" Marudhanayagam sounded like the Dark Knight Rises sound track ("And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad" extending to "Buyer Beware"). I was listening to it while driving yesterday, and it reminded me of the music composed in this trailer.

Dont mistake me, off late several music are sounding similar to me ! From Mariyaan to Udhayam NH. Last week I was looking at my EP collection and got out the single by Clash - Louie Louie. I found myself humming "Pudikala Mamu" from NEPV ... LoL

but some how, i like her! He is somewhat talented. As i don't see all the programs she appear, i am not irritated with her loud voice, dominancy, mokkais etc... my 2 cents! Also thaleevartta ippadi kEka oru thillu veNum!

Shud be one of those thayir saadham movies which our man doesn't consider worthy of carrying his name as the director :-) At this rate, even one of us might get a chance to 'direct' his next movie! ;-)

Even D.Immaan(who is the new youth!) There is no Mass Hit album like Kumki, in recent times

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

27th April 2013, 10:42 PM

புது கொடுமை

Venkat Prabhu to direct Kamal!
There were reports last year that Venkat Prabhu would direct Kamal Haasan but this project never took off and the Ulaga Nayagan moved onto Vishwaroopam.

The latest buzz is that Venkat Prabhu has bagged the chance to wield the megaphone for a film that will have Kamal in the lead. Aasar Ravichandran will be producing this venture.

We also get to hear that Vijay Sethupathi and Vivek will be playing important roles in this flick. More details soon!
http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm (http://www.orkut.co.in/Interstitial?u=http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm&t=AI7fybbHI0xdx94zkTQUC2HCquA6jGaB3xVF6BHPOhTLLepk cou6qJpV89btnA5JBcIcq4CgFTjFWubyjMexdr4Egu0z4qwcLw AAAAAAAAAA)

kalyan

27th April 2013, 11:03 PM

You left out Thaman, K, Joshwa Sridhar etc, they are also young!

Even D.Immaan(who is the new youth!) There is no Mass Hit album like Kumki, in recent times

+1 if it was a sarcastic comment :-)

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

28th April 2013, 12:10 AM

You left out Thaman, K, Joshwa Sridhar etc, they are also young!

Even D.Immaan(who is the new youth!) There is no Mass Hit album like Kumki, in recent times

Adding Gibran

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

28th April 2013, 12:12 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BI2myakCcAA5OzZ.jpg:large

sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar

28th April 2013, 12:19 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZxZ7Zc5ujE

Cinemarasigan

29th April 2013, 01:55 PM

புது கொடுமை

Venkat Prabhu to direct Kamal!
There were reports last year that Venkat Prabhu would direct Kamal Haasan but this project never took off and the Ulaga Nayagan moved onto Vishwaroopam.

The latest buzz is that Venkat Prabhu has bagged the chance to wield the megaphone for a film that will have Kamal in the lead. Aasar Ravichandran will be producing this venture.

We also get to hear that Vijay Sethupathi and Vivek will be playing important roles in this flick. More details soon!
http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm (http://www.orkut.co.in/Interstitial?u=http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm&t=AI7fybbHI0xdx94zkTQUC2HCquA6jGaB3xVF6BHPOhTLLepk cou6qJpV89btnA5JBcIcq4CgFTjFWubyjMexdr4Egu0z4qwcLw AAAAAAAAAA)

till Kamal officially announces, we cannot believe this...

Cinemarasigan

29th April 2013, 01:57 PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BI2myakCcAA5OzZ.jpg:large

Ramesh Aravind can do the director work for Remake movies..

Cinefan

29th April 2013, 05:42 PM

புது கொடுமை

Venkat Prabhu to direct Kamal!
There were reports last year that Venkat Prabhu would direct Kamal Haasan but this project never took off and the Ulaga Nayagan moved onto Vishwaroopam.

The latest buzz is that Venkat Prabhu has bagged the chance to wield the megaphone for a film that will have Kamal in the lead. Aasar Ravichandran will be producing this venture.

We also get to hear that Vijay Sethupathi and Vivek will be playing important roles in this flick. More details soon!
http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm (http://www.orkut.co.in/Interstitial?u=http://www.accesskollywood.com/news-id-venkat-prabhu-to-direct-kamal-venkat-prabhu-27-04-135020.htm&t=AI7fybbHI0xdx94zkTQUC2HCquA6jGaB3xVF6BHPOhTLLepk cou6qJpV89btnA5JBcIcq4CgFTjFWubyjMexdr4Egu0z4qwcLw AAAAAAAAAA)

One thing I do not understand.. Maruthanayagam portions was shot during late 90's. Now there is a gap of 15 years. If he gets the required budget within next say 2 years..and releasing it in 2 year time span..How he would tailor the rest of the plot with the current look and shape? How he cud convince the producers now with the same story/screenplay/portions that shot already? Wish Kamal directs Maruthanayagam project in a HiTech animated mode by using the images he shot 15 years before. In that way, His fans will find it more interesting. As if we all travel back to the time machine.